Sanitary telephone device



W. W. LUKENBACH.

SANITARY TELEPHONE DEVICE.

APPLICATION men senza, 1920.

1,392,840. Patented oct. 4, 1921.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 4, 1921.

Application filed September 28, 1920. Serial No. 413,393.

Y Vented new and useful Improvements in Sanita-ry Telephone Devices, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in telephone attachments and has for an object the provision of a. device which ma7 be detachably secured to` a telephone for the purpose of temporarily holding the receiver, the device being especially useful when looking up information and for indicating the instrument as in use.

Another object is the provision of a device of this character which includes a pencil holder, so that in addition to providing a holder for the telephone receiver, the device provides means whereby a pencil will be convenient for making notations received over the phone.

Another object is the provision of a device of the above character which is formed from a single piece of spring wire and bent to provide a telephone receiver holder, a pencil holder and means for removably securing the device to a telephone.

lVith the above and other objects in view, the invention further includes the following novel features and details of construction, to be hereinafter more fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings and pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawings Figure 1 is a side elevation of a telephone with the invention applied thereto.

Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the same showing the use of the invention.

Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view of the attachment per se.

f Referring to the drawings in detail, wherein like characters of reference denote corresponding parts, the reference character 10 indicates a telephone instrument of the usual construction, while the attachment is indicated generally at 11.

The attachment which is designed to provide a holder for the telephone receiver 12 and which is secured to the transmitter 13, is preferably formed from a single piece of spring wire and bent to provide substan! tially parallel arms 14 which are downwardly curved as shown so as to provide a seat or rest for the receiver 12. The arms are connected at one end by a transverse bar 15, which is preferably curved upwardly, while at the opposite ends of these arms is located loops 16.

' The loops are` positioned directly opposite one another and provide means for receiving a pencil to be used in making notations of information or other matter .received over the telephone. In addition, the loops 16 cooperate with the bar 15 to confine the receiver 12 upon its seat or rest. If desired, additional pencil loops 17 may be formed in extensions of thev loops 16, while the eX- tremity of one of these arms or extensions is bent to provide a curved spring hook 18, whose free end is adapted to engage in one of the pencil loops 17 as indicated at 19. In the use of the device, the loop 18 is positioned around the neck of the transmitter 13 and the hook portion 19 engaged in one of the pencil loops 17, the space between the parallel arms being such as to cause the eX- tensions of said arms between the loops 16 'and 17 to rest upon the shoulder provided adjacent the upper end of the telephone instrument 10. This will position the seat, or rest for the receiver V12 to one side and beyond the instrument 10 so that the said receiver may be conveniently placed therein.

It will be seen 'from the foregoing description and accompanying drawings, that the invention provides an exceedingly simple and efficient device for the purpose intended and one that may be manufactured and sold at a moderate cost.

The Vinvention is susceptible of various changes inits form, proportions and minor details of construction and the right is herein reserved to make such changes as properly fall within the scope of the appended claims.

Having described the invention what is claimed is 1. A telephone attachment formed from a single length of spring wire and bent to provide spaced horizontally disposed arms, an upwardly curved bar connecting one end of said arms and a loop formed in each of said arms and defining a receiver rest, the loop being adapted to provide a pencil receiver and a curved extension formed upon one of the arms and engageable with the other arm for connection around a telephone transmitter.

2. The combination with a telephone nstrument, of an attachment embodying a transmitter receiving loop, horizontally arranged substantially parallel side bars Y adapted to rest upon a shoulder provided uponthe upper end of thei'nstrument and a 10 receiver seatv extending from said' arms and disposed upon one'sde of the instrument. In testimony-whereof I alx'm signature.

WILLIAM lV. LUKENBACH. 

